Paige Kaplan 2017-18 Swimming and Diving Roster

AS A FRESHMAN (2015-2016): had breakout first season with the Irish, earning berth on ACC Championship travel roster … at ACC meet, clocked in at 2:07.42 in 200 IM, 4:28.54 in 400 IM and 2:03.16 in 200 fly, finishing 25th and just missing qualifying for evening finals in 200 fly … began the year at Dennis Stark Relay meet, swimming to first place with 400 IM relay (1:00.78 split), fifth with 300 fly relay (58.24 leadoff split), ninth with 200 medley relay (26.77 split) and exhibitioning with 400 medley relay (57.18 split) … at Florida Gulf Coast, finished fourth in 200 fly (2:05.43) and sixth in 100 fly (57.78) and 200 medley relay (26.28 split) … against Michigan State, took second in 200 fly (2:05.43), third in 400 IM (4:30.87) and split 26.16 on 200 free relay … at Purdue the next day, clocked in at 2:05.39 in 200 fly and 58,87 in 100 fly … at Virginia Tech, touched the wall fifth in 200 fly (2:05.38) and 10th in 400 IM (4:35.26) … at Purdue Invitational, swam in two relays and four individual races … helped 200 free relay to 19th (25.51 split) and 200 medley relay to 13th (25.72 split) … individually, clocked in a 2:07.41 in 200 IM and advanced to finals in 400 IM, 100 breast and 200 fly … finished 10th in 200 fly (2:02.23 finals, 2:03.40 prelims), 13th in 400 IM (4:26.67 finals, 4:29.25 prelims) and 28th in 100 breast (1:06.83 finals, 1:07.16 prelims) … at Virginia, took third in 400 IM (4:36.82), sixth in 200 fly (2:07.73) and 200 medley relay (27.08 split), seventh with 400 medley relay (59.12 split), eighth in 200 IM (2:11.56) and exhibitioned in 100 fly (58.88) … versus Northwestern, earned two fifth-place finishes in 200 medley relay (26.53 split) and 100 fly (58.28), taking sixth in 200 fly (2:06.83) … finished regular season in Shamrock Invitational … came in third in 200 fly (2:03.78), sixth in 400 IM (4:33.58), seventh with 400 medley relay (56.93 split), 10th in 100 fly (57.44) and 11th in 200 IM (2:09.64) … earned a monogram.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from John F. Kennedy High School (New York) in the spring of 2015 … specialized in the fly and individual medley events … earned four letters in swimming … placed first in the 100 fly (55.53), fourth in the 200 medley relay, fifth in the 200 IM and eighth in the 200 free relay at the New York State Championships as a senior … rewrote own county record in the 100 fly … placed fourth in 100 fly (56.39) at state championships as a junior while also earning all-state honors in the 200 medley relay … earned all-division and all-county honors while qualifying for junior nationals as a sophomore … broke school records in the 100 fly, 100 breaststroke and 200 IM and a county record in the 200 free relay as a freshman … also was an NCSA Junior National Qualifier in the 100 and 200 fly and the 400 IM … competed for the Long Island Aquatic Club and the Bellmore-Merrick Girls varsity swim team … holds club records in both fly and IM events … senior METS champion … helped club team finish second in state while finishing first in the 100 fly at New York state meet … former high school teammate of current Irish swimmer Molly Treble … member of the Kiwanis Club … participated in the National Honor, Math Honor, Spanish Honor and Science Honor societies … Paige Elizabeth Kaplan was born in Manhasset, New York to Evan and Patricia Kaplan … has an older sister, Ashley, and two younger sisters, Brooke and Stephanie … enrolled in the College of Science, majoring in Science Pre-Professional Studies.